ReviewDialogues in clinical neuroscience2018
Management of somatic symptom disorder.
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71 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Mentalizing impairments in somatic symptom disorder: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Pooled it
- Suicide and suicidality in somatic symptom and related disorders: A systematic review.Journal of psychosomatic research · 2021Pooled it
- The Impact of Expectations and Framing on the course of Symptom Severity in Somatic Symptom Disorder-Ecological Momentary Assessment from the SOMA.SSD Study.International journal of behavioral medicine · 2026Article
- The Mediating Role of Negative Affect in the Relationship Between Anger Rumination and Somatic Symptoms.Actas espanolas de psiquiatria · 2026Article
- The Influence of Sex and Gender on the Level and Course of Subjective Cognitive Complaints After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention.International journal of behavioral medicine · 2026Article
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- Somatisation Scores Associated With Healthcare Costs and Utilisation in a Sample of Emergency Department Patients.Emergency medicine Australasia : EMA · 2026Article
- Neurophysiological mechanisms underlying interoceptive hypersensitivity in somatic symptom disorder: a mediation analysis of alexithymia.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Article
- Improving mental health through body-awareness with dynamic interpersonal therapy in patients with persistent somatic symptoms: an explorative cohort study.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Article
- Rethinking the Treatment-Resistant Depression.Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2026Review
- MMPI-3 Psychopathological Profiles in Iranian Patients with Somatic Symptom and Related Disorders: A Cross-Sectional Study.Psychology research and behavior management · 2026Article
- Anxiety- and depression-related somatic symptoms and atlantoaxial disorders: potential mechanistic links and clinical implications.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Review
- Clinical Study on the Treatment of Somatisation Disorder With Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Combined With Venlafaxine.Actas espanolas de psiquiatria · 2025Article
- Unraveling functional neurological disorder in pediatric populations: A systematic review of diagnosis, treatment, and outcomes.World journal of clinical pediatrics · 2025Article
- The effect of an app-based health intervention on somatic symptoms among employees of the DHL Group: a longitudinal pilot study.International archives of occupational and environmental health · 2025Article
- The Diagnosis and Management of Patients With Findings Consistent With a Breast Implant Associated-Somatic Symptom Disorder (BIA-SSD).Plastic and reconstructive surgery. Global open · 2025Article
- The diagnostic criteria for psychosomatic research-revised (DCPR-R) in a National China multicenter cohort of patients with irritable bowel syndrome and overlapping gastroesophageal reflux disease.BMC gastroenterology · 2025Article
- Risperidone Augmentation in Antidepressant-Resistant Somatic Symptom Disorder.Psychiatry and clinical psychopharmacology · 2025Article
- Health Anxiety and Its Relationship with Academic Performance and Learning Styles among Nursing Students during COVID-19 Pandemic.Journal of caring sciences · 2025Review
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Abstract
This review paper gives an overview of the management of somatic symptom disorder. It starts with a description of the clinical problem of patients with persistent bodily distress, discusses classificatory, epidemiological, and etiological issues and then describes the evidence and practical principles of dealing with these patients who are often seen as "difficult" to treat. It is concluded that the best-suited approach is stepped care with close cooperation of primary care, a somatic specialist, and mental health care professionals operating on the basis of a biopsychosocial model of integrating somatic as well as psychosocial determinants of distress and therapeutic factors.
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